Golf’s governing bodies will continue to use TV evidence in deciding upon rules violations, but will limit the role of the kind of “enhanced technological evidence” that saw Tiger Woods penalised earlier this year.

IT has frustrated weekend golfers the world over in their moment of glory.

The chairman of The Open’s championship committee has dismissed as “absolute nonsense” the accusation that they showed favouritism in deciding when to stop play during the second round at St Andrews.

The two-shot penalty which cost American Jeff Maggert so dearly when he was leading the 2003 Masters will no longer be imposed under new Rules of Golf coming into force next year.

Colin Montgomerie risked breaking his scaphoid bone – made famous by David Beckham last night – with an amazing recovery shot at Wentworth today.